Dineshchandra Sircar (1907-1984), also known as D. C. Sircar, was a epigraphist, historian, numismatist and folklorist, known particularly for his work deciphering inscriptions in India and Bangladesh. He was the Chief Epigraphist, Archaeological Survey of India (1949-1962); Carmichael Professor of Ancient Indian History, University of Calcutta, (1962-1972) and the General President of the Indian History Congress. In 1972, Sircar was awarded the Sir William Jones Memorial Plaque.

Selected bibliography

• Select Inscriptions Bearing on Indian History and Civilisation (two volumes)
• Indian Epigraphy (1965)
• Indian Epigraphical Glossary
• Inscriptions of Asoka,
• Epigraphical Discoveries in East Pakistan
• Studies in the Geography of Ancient and Medieval India
• Some Epigraphical Records of the Mediaeval Period from Eastern India
• Studies in Indian Coins
• Journal of Ancient Indian History (Ed.)

Further reading

External links

• Dineshchandra Sircar, banglapedia.
• Prominent epigraphists, Archaeological Survey of India

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